Acute Respiratory Distress Due to Methane Inhalation / 결핵및호흡기질환
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
;
: 120-123, 2013.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-149908
ABSTRACT
Inhalation of toxic gases can lead to pneumonitis. It has been known that methane gas intoxication causes loss of consciousness or asphyxia. There is, however, a paucity of information about acute pulmonary toxicity from methane gas inhalation. A 21-year-old man was presented with respiratory distress after an accidental exposure to methane gas for one minute. He came in with a drowsy mentality and hypoxemia. Mechanical ventilation was applied immediately. The patient's symptoms and chest radiographic findings were consistent with acute pneumonitis. He recovered spontaneously and was discharged after 5 days without other specific treatment. His pulmonary function test, 4 days after methane gas exposure, revealed a restrictive ventilatory defect. In conclusion, acute pulmonary injury can occur with a restrictive ventilator defect after a short exposure to methane gas. The lung injury was spontaneously resolved without any significant sequela.
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Main subject:
Pneumonia
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Porphyrins
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Asphyxia
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Respiration, Artificial
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Respiratory Function Tests
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Respiratory Insufficiency
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Thorax
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Unconsciousness
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Smoke Inhalation Injury
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Ventilators, Mechanical
Language:
English
Journal:
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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